Elisabeth Christiane Alvina Wandel, née Møller (January 14, 1850,

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— December 28, 1926 Copenhagen, Denmark), was a Danish painter. She was best known for her

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and

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. Wandel painted depictions of rural and domestic life, and in the 1890s produced a large number of portraits. Wandel studied painting with

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and

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. Initially, she worked in

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, before producing

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later in her career. Her works were exhibited widely across Europe from the 1880s through the 1920s. Her son, Sigurd Wandel, also became a painter.

Biography

Elisabeth Christiane Alvina Møller was born on 14 January 1850 in

. She was the daughter of Thora Adelaide Beck and Andreas Christian Møller, a wine merchant. She studied painting under

and

. On her birthday in 1871, she married Oscar Andreas Wandel (1845–1925), who was an art collector, and like her father, a wine merchant. Together, they had two children: Carl Ellis Wandel (1871–1940) and Sigurd Wandel (1875–1947). Their son, Sigurd, like his mother, became a painter. Wandel exhibited at

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in the years 1887–1900, 1902, and 1912–22; at the

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; and the

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. She also exhibited her work at the

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and The Woman's Building at the 1893

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. Wandel died on 28 December 1926 in Copenhagen and was buried at

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Gallery

File:Elisabeth Wandel - Parti fra Raadvad med Eremitageslottet i baggrunden - 1871.png, ''Parti fra Raadvad med Eremitageslottet i baggrunden'', oil on canvas, 1871 File:Elisabeth Wandel - Sommerdag i August. Motiv fra Bakkerne ved Hjortekjærshuset.png, ''Sommerdag i August. Motiv fra Bakkerne ved Hjortekjærshuse'', oil on canvas, c.1893 File:Elisabeth Wandel - Portrait des Malers Laurits Andersen Ring.jpg, ''Portrait of

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'', oil on panel File:Elisabeth Wandel - Ung Kvinde - Young woman 1889.png, ''Young woman'', pastel on paper, 1889 File:Thora Juliane Madsen, née Nielsen.jpg, ''Portrait of Thora Juliane Madsen, née Nielsen'', 1890 File:Elisabeth Wandel - Krokus i vindueskarmen.png, ''Krokus i vindueskarmen'', oil on canvas

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Wandel, Elisabeth 1850 births 1926 deaths Painters from Copenhagen 19th-century Danish painters 20th-century Danish women artists 20th-century Danish painters 19th-century Danish women painters